Maximus Uhlenbrock

Maximus Uhlenbrock (1772-1846) was a colonel of the army of the Holy Roman Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Uhlenbrock was given command of a large army and sent to fight Napoleon I as he approached Vienna in 1805, only to be soundly defeated at the Battle of Ansfelden.

Biography
Maximus Uhlenbrock was born in Vienna, Holy Roman Empire in 1772, and he served in the Austrian armed forces during the French Revolutionary Wars, serving in the cavalry. Uhlenbrock would rise to the rank of colonel during the Napoleonic Wars, and he became the commander of a cavalry regiment. In 1805, he was sent out of Vienna with an army of 1,707 troops to bring Napoleon I to battle and destroy the Grande Armee, but his army was destroyed at the Battle of Ansfelden. Uhlenbrock narrowly avoided capture or death, fleeing on his horse before he could be chased down by French cavalrymen. He was forced into retirement after his defeat, and he died in 1846.